Inventory and Supply Chain ManagementPurpose
1.2. Aggregate supplier quotes (email/web/API), evaluate volume discounts, shipping, and delivery terms.
1.3. Alert procurement teams to price drops, anomalies, or superior offers.
1.4. Provide detailed reports for negotiation, planning, and compliance in wholesale aluminum supply chain management.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. New RFQ submission by staff or system.
2.3. Supplier portal price update detected.
2.4. Incoming supplier email with attached/embedded price list.
2.5. Webhook trigger from supplier management software.
Platform Variants
3.1. SAP Ariba
• Feature/Setting: OpenAPI or cXML supplier quote integration; configure procurement events to read and compare catalogs.
3.2. Oracle Procurement Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Use REST Procurement API; auto-fetch and process supplier prices for specified categories.
3.3. Coupa
• Feature/Setting: Supplier Price API; setup scheduled data import and comparison workflow.
3.4. JAGGAER
• Feature/Setting: Advanced Sourcing Optimizer API; enable scheduled extraction and comparison engines in platform settings.
3.5. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: HTTP and Excel connectors; schedule flow to call supplier APIs and parse spreadsheets.
3.6. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks, Email Parser, and Formatter; extract prices from emails and supplier APIs, push to spreadsheet.
3.7. UiPath
• Feature/Setting: Data Scraping, Email, and API Activities; automate extraction and compare supplier data.
3.8. MuleSoft
• Feature/Setting: DataWeave mappings; configure supplier integration using HTTP connectors and schedule comparisons.
3.9. Workato
• Feature/Setting: HTTP and Google Sheets recipes; automate supplier data pulls and comparison logic.
3.10. Tray.io
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled trigger, HTTP connector; automate API queries to supplier endpoints and compare results.
3.11. Integromat/Make
• Feature/Setting: HTTP, Email, and Excel modules; set up recurring flows to gather and analyze supplier pricing.
3.12. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled CloudWatch event; Python script fetches supplier prices via API, compares, and sends notification.
3.13. Google Apps Script
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled triggers; fetch supplier data and compare in Google Sheets.
3.14. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Data Shuttle and Automated Workflows; import/export supplier lists and generate price comparison.
3.15. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Integrations (API/Webhook); auto-update boards with supplier price changes for real-time view.
3.16. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: MuleSoft or External Services; automate supplier price fetch and embed comparison in Lightning App.
3.17. Odoo
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled actions in Procurement; configure vendor pricelist feeds for automatic comparison.
3.18. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteScript Scheduled Script; pull supplier data, compare, and update procurement records.
3.19. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Custom webhook workflow and integration with supplier portals for automated price data capture.
3.20. Email Parser by Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Configure mailbox and parsing rules to extract price tables from supplier emails on arrival.
3.21. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: IMPORTXML function/Scripts; auto-extract supplier prices from web portals into sheets for comparison.
3.22. Microsoft Excel Online
• Feature/Setting: Power Query and Data Connector; scheduled pull from supplier APIs, transform and compare.
3.23. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks; post alerts when better supplier prices are detected.
3.24. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automation rules, Webhooks; collect supplier price data and run comparison scripts in base.
Benefits
4.2. Eliminates manual errors and delays in procurement review.
4.3. Enhances negotiation leverage with real-time intelligence.
4.4. Increases transparency and compliance for audits.
4.5. Frees procurement staff for strategic tasks by removing repetitive comparisons.
4.6. Improves agility to capitalize on supplier promotions or market dips.